| The CASH BOX Country Top 50 | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 16, 1964 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT Buck Owens (Capitol 5136) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2 | BURNING MEMORIES Ray Price (Columbia 42971) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | UNDERSTAND YOUR MAN Johnny Cash (Columbia 42964) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| 4 | WELCOME TO MY WORLD Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-8289) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |
| 5 | LOVE IS NO EXCUSE Jim Reeves & Dottie West (RCA Victor 47-8324) | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | |
| 6 | SORROW ON THE ROCKS Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-8338) | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | |
| 7 | SAGINAW, MICHIGAN Lefty Frizzell (Columbia 42924) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
| 8 | BALTIMORE Sonny James (Capitol 5129) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | |
| 9 | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES Margie Singleton & Faron Young (Mercury 72237) | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | |
| 10 | THIS WHITE CIRCLE Kitty Wells (Decca 31580) | 10 | 9 | 7 | 14 | |
| 11 | MOLLY Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-8296) | 14 | 21 | 30 | 17 | |
| 12 | TOGETHER AGAIN Buck Owens (Capitol 5136) | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | |
| 13 | FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY MY TEARDROPS Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 47-8318) | 17 | 19 | 21 | 7 | |
| 14 | EIGHT YEARS (And Two Children Later) Claude Gray (Mercury 72236) | 12 | 14 | 15 | 7 | |
| 15 | TIMBER I’M FALLING Ferlin Husky (Capitol 5111) | 11 | 7 | 6 | 12 | |
| 16 | GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU NOW Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 47-8347) | 26 | 38 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | WINE WOMEN AND SONG Loretta Lynn (Decca 31608) | 27 | 29 | 43 | 4 | |
| 18 | I CAN STAND IT (As Long As She Can) Bill Phillips (Decca 31584) | 15 | 16 | 16 | 8 | |
| 19 | INVISIBLE TEARS Ned Miller (Fabor 128) | 21 | 22 | 28 | 6 | |
| 20 | THE VIOLET AND A ROSE Wanda Jackson (Capitol 5142) | 20 | 23 | 24 | 6 | |
| 21 | GIRL FROM SPANISH TOWN Marty Robbins (Columbia 42968) | 16 | 13 | 9 | 14 | |
| 22 | EASY COME – EASY GO Bill Anderson (Decca 31577) | 22 | 18 | 13 | 12 | |
| 23 | MILLER’S CAVE Bobby Bare (RCA Victor 47-8294) | 24 | 25 | 18 | 16 | |
| 24 | CHICKASHAY David Houston (Epic 9658) | 19 | 17 | 23 | 7 | |
| 25 | I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND Homer & Jethro (RCA Victor 47-8345) | 31 | 39 | 49 | 4 | |
| 26 | BLUE TRAIN (Of The Heartbreak Line) John D. Loudermilk (RCA Victor 47-8308) | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | |
| 27 | MY TEARS ARE OVERDUE George Jones (United Artists 683) | 23 | 20 | 17 | 11 | |
| 28 | THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS Ray Price (Columbia 42971) | 30 | 34 | 41 | 4 | |
| 29 | THERE’S A FRIEND IN THE WAY George Jones & Melba Montgomery (United Artists 704) | 29 | 31 | 37 | 4 | |
| 30 | MEMORY #1 Webb Pierce (Decca 31617) | 38 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | LINDA WITH THE LONELY EYES George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-8304) | 25 | 24 | 26 | 5 | |
| 32 | THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND Claude King (Columbia 42959) | 28 | 28 | 33 | 7 | |
| 33 | PETTICOAT JUNCTION Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs (Columbia 42982) | 32 | 27 | 22 | 12 | |
| 34 | ALONE WITH YOU Rose Maddox (Capitol 5110) | 34 | 26 | 32 | 10 | |
| 35 | I STEPPED OVER THE LINE Hank Snow (RCA Victor 47-8334) | 37 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | CIRCUMSTANCES Billy Walker (Columbia 43010) | 44 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | NOT MY KIND OF PEOPLE Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 43011) | 48 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | LOOKING FOR MORE IN ’64 Jim Nesbitt (Chart 1065) | 39 | 40 | 34 | 5 | |
| 39 | THE WHEEL SONG Gary Buck (Petal 1500) | 40 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 40 | KEEP THOSE CARDS AND LETTERS COMING IN Johnny & Jonie Mosby (Columbia 43005) | 42 | 46 | 48 | 4 | |
| 41 | PASSWORD Kitty Wells (Decca 31622) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | WALKIN’, TALKIN’, CRYIN’, BARELY BEATIN’ BROKEN HEART Johnny Wright & Tennessee Mountain Boys (Decca 31593) | 41 | 43 | 47 | 5 | |
| 43 | FRENCH RIVIERA Webb Pierce (Decca 31617) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | FOREVER Pete Drake (Smash 1888) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | YOU TOOK HIM OFF MY HANDS (Now Please Take Him Off My Mind) Marion Worth (Columbia 42992) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | FAIR AND TENDER LADIES George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 47-8304) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | UNDERSTAND YOUR GAL Margie Bowes (Decca 31606) | 46 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 48 | SUPPOSE TONIGHT WOULD BE OUR LAST George Jones & Melba Montgomery (United Artists 704) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | FIVE LITTLE FINGERS Bill Anderson (Decca 31577) | 33 | 30 | 25 | 20 | |
| 50 | LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES Hank Williams, Jr. (MGM 13208) | 35 | 33 | 27 | 15 | |
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